"After a seven-year tenure, Sally Tallant will step down as president and executive director of the Queens Museum this summer, per an announcement she and the museum shared on social media today, January 21. Tallant will be returning to her native England to become the new director of the Southbank Centre's Hayward Gallery in London ahead of the organization's 75th anniversary."
"Tallant moved stateside to work atthe Queens Museum in November 2019, after seven years as the director of the Liverpool Biennial and a decade as head of programs at the Serpentine Gallery. Tallant had previously worked as an assistant curator at Hayward Gallery early in her career, as noted in a press statement from the Southbank Centre. At the Queens Museum, she"
After seven years as president and executive director, Sally Tallant will step down from the Queens Museum this summer and return to England to direct the Southbank Centre's Hayward Gallery in London ahead of its 75th anniversary. Tallant joined the Queens Museum in November 2019 after leading the Liverpool Biennial for seven years and serving a decade as head of programs at the Serpentine Gallery; she previously worked as an assistant curator at Hayward Gallery. Her Queens tenure included securing a $26 million expansion allocation from the city, but also involved controversy tied to the museum's history and pandemic-era closures and furloughs.
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